Sunday, April 30, 2017

WaPo: New Orleans protesters try to protect Confederate monuments - How long until Jefferson Memorial is "deconstructed"? --tma

. . .Goldstar

James Brousse plans to spend a good chunk of the next few weeks “protecting” New Orleans’s Confederate monuments from impending demolition, and the 81-year-old has a message for police who will try to keep the peace: You can leave the snipers at home.

Brousse, the commander of the local chapter of Sons of Confederate Veterans, is part of a group of about a dozen people who have stood vigil for the past week at three monuments honoring the Confederacy — landmarks that city leaders say are mostly out of touch with how most residents see their city. ...